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Grargar: Yes.
*runs away*
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mrkgnao: MaGog wishes to say that she is not a tool, she is a free woman.
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HunchBluntley: She's free, eh? So am I. Put in a good word for me. ; )
I'll try, but don't get your hopes too high, for, you see, a moose once bit her sister.
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mrkgnao: I'll try, but don't get your hopes too high, for, you see, a moose once bit her sister.
Well that was a moostake.
*keeps running*
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HunchBluntley: She's free, eh? So am I. Put in a good word for me. ; )
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mrkgnao: I'll try, but don't get your hopes too high, for, you see, a moose once bit her sister.
Sister, you say? How many software lasses have you sired? :P
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But... who will beta test my script? ;)

I'm really sorry to hear this. Hunch has already said everything I was thinking, as wonderful as MaGog and all the updates you have provided through her are it's your presence on the forum that will be missed most.

I can't say I blame you for the decision though. The changes Gog implement have never bothered me much (though I understand why they would others) but the community here no longer feels like it used to. Even less so once you are gone.

I hope you enjoy the extra free time, and maybe drop by occasionally to say hi, but somehow I don't see you as the kind of guy who says I'm going and is back again within a week.

Thanks for all the help with my script over the past few months, it's been invaluable.
Sad to read another goodbye thread. :(
But understand your reason. I agree more with some, less with others.

Let see if GoG turn back to its base pillars to change your will:)
Wish you all the best.
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mrkgnao: … to say goodbye.

For quite a while now, GOG has been drifting in directions that I personally find less appetising, both in matters of policy (e.g. regional locking, regional pricing, "incomplete" editions) and in matters of quality (e.g. bugs, lack of communication, general neglect, and of course “where are my PMs?”).

Frankly, I should have left a long time ago, but you, the good people on the forum, as well as MaGog, have kept me here. However, I’m afraid it’s no longer enough to balance my growing dissatisfaction with the GOG experience.

So, after seven years, I guess it's time to cut the cord.

But enough about me; let’s talk about what’s really important.

What will happen to MaGog?
I will continue maintaining MaGog more or less as before. The reason is pretty simple: MaGog is the only way I have to know what is actually happening with the games I own on GOG, as well as my primary method of managing and downloading my GOG library.

What will happen to MaGog’s reports on the “What Did Just Update” and “Good News: Price Updates” threads?
These will stop after June 21, 2016.

So can you instead give us access to MaGog’s logs so that we can report her findings ourselves?
I thought about it and it’s not that easy. MaGog’s logs are pretty complex and contain quite a bit of private information. To share them, I would have to create a duplicate set of logs that is suitable for foreign eyes, and I’m afraid it’s just too much work to maintain two such sets of logs on a regular basis.

So that’s that? No more “From MaGog’s logs”?
Not necessarily.
It should be possible for an enterprising soul to write a script (it needn’t even be an online script, just a desktop one accessing the net) that visits MaGog every six hours, obtains MaGog’s text database (a single file; URL available on MaGog's home page), compares it to the one obtained six hours earlier, and generates its own log of changes. I will gladly cooperate with anyone wanting to do it, even after June 21, and if necessary will also add anything missing from the text database to help in generating such reports (which, hopefully, will be more user-friendly than MaGog’s have been).
Be forewarned, though, that it is quite a commitment. In the past two years, I estimate that I have spent at least 10-20 hours a week just maintaining MaGog on a basic level and reporting daily changes (not including any time spent on actually adding features to MaGog).

And what happens if there’s some MaGog emergency and we need to contact you?
magogmrkgnao at gmail dot com

Thank you all for a most memorable experience, my fellow goglodytes.

P.S. I'm still around until June 21.
Thank you for all you have done. Best of wishes and very well written.
It is sad to see another 5 Star General leaving GOG, but I understand the reasons behind your decision. I wish you all what is best. Goodbye mrkgnao.
Aaaaand you've guessed incorrectly! I hereby ̶s̶e̶n̶t̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ award you six more years of hard GOG. Thank you for playing.

Or so I would like this conversation to go, but I guess only the last sentence applies.
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Really sad to see you go, though I understand your decision.

I wish you all the best (and I hope you will reconsider someday).
NOOOOOOO :((((((

Damn, MaGog is such a good tool that the GOG management should have rewarded you. I hope your legacy will live on....
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mrkgnao: … to say goodbye.
I'm really sad to see you go. :(

But thank you for all the work you did with MaGog and for being such a friendly, generous and awesome member of the community! I will miss you!
:O

I didn't expect this at all.
I noticed that you were a bit annoyed by Gog's changes, but.. I didn't think that much!
Expecially now that Gog is even looking for a Community Manager to moderate the forums!

It's so sad that another great gogger (probably the best) is leaving. :' (
Thank you for all the work on Magog and for the decision to still maintain it.

Bye and, hopefully, see you again in the future!
Post edited June 16, 2016 by phaolo
This is sad news indeed. You've provided an excellent service to the community and will be sorely missed. I wish you well in your future endeavours.
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Hey, so this sucks. Thanks for everything you've done with MaGOG, I know it was an indispensable tool for a lot of our community - so thanks for caring enough to put in all the hard work.

Here's hoping we see you around sometime in the future! :)